Highlights and notes from events I've attended—open source, web, and community conferences across the years.
Raleigh, NC • Raleigh Convention Center
All Things Open 2025 brings thousands of engineers, maintainers, and tech leaders to downtown Raleigh for three days of open source talks, hands-on sessions, and community meetups at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Salt Lake City, UT • Hilton Salt Lake City Center
Epic Web Conf is a curated full-stack conference founded by Kent C. Dodds' EpicWeb.dev, bringing together framework authors, library maintainers, and working engineers to discuss building great UX and great DX. The 2025 edition took place in downtown Salt Lake City with a free livestream and hands-on workshops.
Durham, NC • Carolina Theatre
All Things Open.AI is a practitioner-focused spinoff from the All Things Open team, created to explore the real-world impact of AI across tooling, platforms, and organizations. The inaugural 2025 event ran two days at the Carolina Theatre in Durham.
Raleigh, NC • Raleigh Convention Center
All Things Open 2024 brought thousands of engineers, maintainers, and tech leaders to downtown Raleigh for three days of open source talks, hands-on sessions, and community meetups at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Jacksonville, FL • UNF Adam W. Herbert University Center
Jacksonville's flagship tech event featuring regional IT leaders, security practitioners, cloud experts, and vendors across a one-day multi-track program hosted at UNF.
Wisconsin Dells, WI • Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Camp-style, family-friendly developer conference in the Wisconsin Dells, known for deep-dive technical talks alongside community and family activities.
Atlanta, GA
A multi-day tech conference and expo in Atlanta covering frontend frameworks, AI, and leadership, with workshops, career programming, and a large sponsor hall.
Richmond, VA • Science Museum of Virginia
A one-day JavaScript conference hosted by rvatech/ with talks spanning TypeScript, Node, React, tooling, and architecture.
National Harbor, MD • Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
The flagship U.S. WordPress conference with Contributor Day, multi-track sessions, and an active sponsor hall at the Gaylord National in National Harbor.
Jacksonville, FL (Virtual)
The 2020 edition pivoted online, delivering talks and panels focused on security, cloud, and regional tech growth in a virtual format.
Jacksonville, FL • Keiser University
Two-day WordCamp with multi-track sessions and a KidsCamp, hosted at Keiser University and focused on practical WordPress skills.
Jacksonville, FL • UNF Adam W. Herbert University Center
An early TCC edition hosted at UNF, gathering local technologists and businesses to discuss trends in security, data, and enterprise IT.
Asheville, NC • Mission Health / A-B Tech Conference Center
Regional WordCamp covering WordPress development, content, and design, held at the A-B Tech campus conference center.
Jacksonville, FL • Keiser University
Jacksonville's second annual WordCamp, featuring business, user, and developer tracks, plus KidsCamp and community networking.
Dallas, TX • Watermark Community Church
A church media/creative conference for artists, geeks, and storytellers, hosted at Watermark Community Church in Dallas.